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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>GAMEBOY</p>
<p> …with drones, there are<br />
no pilots to become casualties.<br />
―NPR report, September 4, 2007</p>
<p>Some fast thumbs joystick<br />
kid from Vegas in this windowless<br />
desert room out by the Spring Range,<br />
sits<br />
in front of a huge quad array,<br />
backlit vid screens.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Poetry</div></div></div>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 23:25:18 +0000wpm2011691 at http://www.wpm2011.orgLand and Poetryhttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/690
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Vietnam.jpg?itok=kL0WqtlF"><a href="/node/690"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Vietnam.jpg?itok=kL0WqtlF" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><b>By Fernando Rendón</b></p>
<p>Man is Nature.</p>
<p>After the failure of the large-scale conquest and looting of Nature, and due to the serious detriment of Earth, we need to reassert it: man is Nature.</p>
<p>We can’t fight against the Earth, because any aggression in that direction leads to the death of the human species and the millions of life forms existing in it.</p>
<p>The poisoning of the oceans and rivers, the thick pollution of cities, the accelerated destruction of forests all prove it – yes, a lake can become a desert.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Tierra Poesía Colombia Vietnam Fernando Rendón</div></div></div>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:19:46 +0000wpm2011690 at http://www.wpm2011.orgShow Mehttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/689
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Coles.jpg?itok=TAoD-VXC"><a href="/node/689"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Coles.jpg?itok=TAoD-VXC" width="220" height="144" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><b>By Katharine Coles</b></p>
<p>Manifest. An indication. A proclamation. A list, to make visible through language what would otherwise be hidden, say, below board.</p>
<p>Clearly revealed or open to view—or to reveal, to make obvious. To unfold, to prove, to reveal the self as existing. To enumerate, to opinionate. </p>
<p>I have never been a writer of manifestos—only a writer of poems, a close reader and observer of poems, and, I hope, a close reader and observer of the world and its inhabitants, human and other, which I would like my poems to manifest, make manifest, prove.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Articles_News</div></div></div>Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:15:08 +0000wpm2011689 at http://www.wpm2011.orgVietnam Poetry Day Observed Nationwidehttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/686
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/BTATN27214ngaythoVN.jpg?itok=HoGCCuoN"><a href="/node/686"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/BTATN27214ngaythoVN.jpg?itok=HoGCCuoN" width="220" height="125" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><b>By Nhandan</b></p>
<p>Nhan Dan – The 11th Vietnam Poetry Day was held at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on February 24 (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month). Quang Ngai marked the Vietnam Poetry Day 2013.</p>
<p>Speaking at the opening, Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, organiser of the festival, said that the annual event has become a venue to bring poets and poetry lovers throughout the country together and has been received enthusiastically.</p>
<p>Under this year’s theme ‘Youth and the Nation’, the event aims to inspire national pride and patriotism among young Vietnamese poets and encourage them to raise their voices in praise of their motherland.</p>
<p>The event featured a traditional poetry stage, including fine poems about the motherland, the national sovereignty and the writers’ love for the country’s sea and islands, and a special highlighted feature for young poets and students from eight universities and colleges in Hanoi to recite their latest verses.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Vietnam Poetry Day observed nationwide</div></div></div>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:10:24 +0000wpm2011686 at http://www.wpm2011.orgInternational Authors Learn About Vietnamese Literaturehttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/685
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The conference was organised by the Viet Nam Writers’ Association, with the aim to offer a panoramic view of Vietnamese literature for international friends, promote the quintessence of Vietnamese literary works and look for translation opportunities.</p>
<p>The conference also drew international writers, poets and translators, who are interested in Vietnamese literature. It provided a chance for foreign and domestic authors to exchange and learn from each other.</p>
<p>Among the 150 representatives from 43 countries and territories attending the conference, Zhu was the only one, who used Vietnamese in his speech frequently.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">International authors learn Vietnamese literature</div></div></div>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:03:39 +0000wpm2011685 at http://www.wpm2011.orgLast Round of Negotiations on the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda launched in NYC on January 19, 2015http://www.wpm2011.org/node/680
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Endorsement to Declaration reaches 2,200 signatories from 120 countries, including more than 800 organizations<br />
UN Secretary General synthesis report ”The Road to Dignity by 2030", released on Dec. 4 as a lead up the final round of negotiations on the post-2015 Development Agenda. It recognizes the enabling role of culture:</p>
<p>“We must also mobilize the power of culture in the transformative change we seek. Our world is a remarkable mosaic of diverse cultures, informing our evolving understanding of sustainable development. We still have much to learn from cultures as we build the world we want. If we are to succ governments. It must be embraced by people. Culture, in differenteed, the new agenda cannot remain the exclusive domain of institutions and aspects, will thus be an important force in supporting the new agenda.” (Para. 132)</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Articles_News</div></div></div>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:37:02 +0000wpm2011680 at http://www.wpm2011.org2nd World Poetry Summit for Peace and Reconciliation of Colombia, in Medellinhttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/675
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/EFE.jpg?itok=nldJBsS1"><a href="/node/675"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/EFE.jpg?itok=nldJBsS1" width="220" height="147" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>With the aim of strengthening the climate of peace and reconciliation of the Colombian people and of expanding the dialoging and visionary spirit of poetry, in a city sorely affected and segmented by complex social problems, there shall be celebrated, from July 11th to 18th, the first 25 years of existence of the Medellín International Poetry Festival, one of the great icons in the struggle to overcome the deep hatred that divides us due to a long conflict, and to materialize utopia in our country.</p>
<p>In parallel to the Festival, Alternative Nobel Prize in 2006 and national cultural heritage, main events shall be held, such as the 2nd World Poetry Summit for Peace in Colombia, the 19th Medellín International Poetry School, the International Meeting of Poetry School and Workshop Directors, the Meeting of the National Coordinators of the World Poetry Movement in different continents and countries, the World Young Poets Meeting, and an International Poetry Translators Meeting.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><b>By Ayo Ayoola-Amale (WPM National Coordinator in Nigeria)</b></p>
<p>The poet’s power, though invisible, is very real. Poets are one of the unappreciated voices of influence for social change.</p>
<p>The social role of poetry has changed very much in the last 200 years. Poets were unappreciated then, by a huge majority of the population, and they are only somewhat less recognized now. Emily Dickinson’s views regarding pertinent political issues in America were not sought after when she was alive. Presently no one in authority in 2015 is asking for Nick Flynn’s views on climate change.</p>
<p>La función social de la poesía ha cambiado mucho en los últimos 200 años. Los poetas eran poco apreciados entonces, por una inmensa mayoría de la población, y son sólo un poco menos reconocidos ahora. Las apreciaciones de Emily Dickinson sobre temas políticos pertinentes en América no se apreciaban cuando ella vivía. Actualmente nadie con autoridad en el 2015 está pidiendo la opinión de Nick Flynn sobre el cambio climático.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Poets Poetry Our Time</div></div></div>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:08:17 +0000wpm2011674 at http://www.wpm2011.orgThe Magic Power of Poetryhttp://www.wpm2011.org/node/672
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><b>By Basir Ahang</b></p>
<p>It is very difficult to talk about poetry; therefore, no one has been able to give a satisfying definition about poetry and writing poems. </p>
<p>I think, poetry has its own world, a world different from what has been defined by philosophy or science. This world from different aspects, creates thoughts for the human society, that are full of reality as well as imaginations at the same time. </p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">magic power poetry poet Basir Ahang Afganisthan</div></div></div>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:00:06 +0000wpm2011672 at http://www.wpm2011.orgBlood (By Umar Timol, poet from Mauritius)http://www.wpm2011.org/node/666
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Timol.jpg?itok=O6uDww4u"><a href="/node/666"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.wpm2011.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Timol.jpg?itok=O6uDww4u" width="220" height="124" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>You are beautiful. And I am mad.</p>
<p>Body of stone. Body of sun. Body alone. Summer milkiness. Neckline’s wild plunge. You are my ivory flesh. Black star. My province of obscene desire. You seal me up in walls beneath the dome of lamentations. My permitted succulence. My mistress. My connivance of the senses. My tyrannical moon-being. My possessed princess. My filigree of sweat, my idol wrapped in silk. And thorns.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject">Sangre Umar Timol poet Mauritius</div></div></div>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:19:14 +0000wpm2011666 at http://www.wpm2011.org